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Title: Brazil nut consumption reduces inflammatory markers
Post by: Mending the Bend on December 01, 2014, 12:25:35 AM
Brazilian nut consumption by healthy volunteers improves inflammato... - PubMed - NCBI (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24607303)

From the sounds-too-good-to-be-true category, this very small (10 individual) study found that consuming about 4 Brazil nuts once every few weeks "caused a significant decrease in serum IL-1, IL-6, TNF-α, and IFN-γ levels" [inflammatory], whereas serum levels of IL-10 [anti-inflammatory] were significantly increased".

Selenium levels in Brazil nuts are high, so one shouldn't eat very many of them. And the high fat content means that they go rancid quickly - so buy small amounts and store in the fridge. But there's no harm in eating a handful of them once a month. I've added it to my supplement list.